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Engineers Black Book

January 17, 2019 By: PIERRE, Feeler Africa (Kempton Park, South Africa)

Comments
Awesome book!

Cons
None.
 

Mr.

January 16, 2019 By: Michael Bramm (Anaheim, United States)

Comments
This is an awesome little reference book.

Pros
This book contains just about everything I can think I would need when working on various machining jobs.

Cons
I would like to see information about bearings in a future version.
 

Engineers black book 2nd edition review

January 15, 2019 By: Greg Whitley (Kedron, Australia)

Comments
The black book is such a useful and handy technical reference, I would be lost without out!

Pros
Pocket sized, tough laminated paper and jammed packed with just about every specification I need

 

Binding

January 14, 2019 By: William Botes, Weir Minerals (Alberton, South Africa)

Comments
Very good book

Pros
Good info

Cons
Binding on last cover page needs to be looked at, the binding end is before the last cover page and causes a problem when closing the book. Please send me an E- Mail address that I can send you photos showing what I mean
 

The Swedish version

January 11, 2019 By: Jorgen Larsson (Helsingborg, Sweden)

Comments
Super cool to have this book in swedish.

Pros
Nice size and I love the spiral.
The non-stick pages are great!

Cons
Should have a nicely rounded cut out index for fast acces to the different sections.
 

Great book, lots of information

January 7, 2019 By: Aaron How, How (Prospect Vale, Australia)

Comments
Great book, highly worth the cost

Pros
Lots of information

Cons
None
 

Great wee book

January 6, 2019 By: Andy (Ashburton , New Zealand)

Comments
Excellent book

Pros
Pocket sized with lots of great information

Cons
As someone else has mentioned bolt torque specs would be handy
 

Keen amateur

January 6, 2019 By: Gerard O'Neill (Sunbury, Australia)

Comments
The Black Book has answered many queries I've had around drills, drill sizes, taps and tapping. The section on steel hardening and tempering has helped a lot on my knife making. Ive also enjoyed the ready reference to common Trigonometry formulae, many of which Ive forgotten. Overall it has a wealth of information for any aspiring or practicing Ingeniator!

Pros
sits flat on the bench, durable finish on the pages, well referenced and comprehensive.

Cons
small size means writing is small and I need good light for these 60 yr old eyes to see well. A5 size would still work well and allow for larger font size. Either that or stronger glasses!!
 

Great book

December 31, 2018 By: Charles Sutton, Sutton (Nixa, United States)

Comments
Lots of useful info, I use this book almost daily.

Pros
Lots of great info

Cons
None that I can think of
 

EBB

December 30, 2018 By: martin elmes (washington, United States)

Comments
Excellent quick reference. I really appreciate the dirt proof paper.

 

Great!

December 27, 2018 By: Cam Herbert (ALTONA, Australia)

Comments
Very handy to have on you at all times in the workshop.

Pros
Full of essential information

Cons
None
 

Great Reference Book

December 26, 2018 By: Mark Cunningham (Lansing , United States)

Comments
Tons of data in a small convenient package.

Pros
Really like the included inch/metric socket equivalencies chart.

Cons
None
 

engineers black book great reference

December 26, 2018 By: Dave Vojacek, metalcraft docks (chardon, United States)

Comments
very useful book great for the layman

Pros
very easy to understand with pictures and color sections

Cons
none - except no free drill point gage offered
 

Metric

December 25, 2018 By: Soren Jorvang (Hojbjerg, Denmark)

Comments
Just the right size for a paper-based reference.

Pros
Well-organised and presented content.

Cons
Spiral back a bit grabby against paper towards front and back of book.
 

blackbook

December 24, 2018 By: Rick Fuller (newcastle, Australia)

Comments
incredible information

Pros
have an idea or thought, then simply look it up, awesome

Cons
could be slightly larger
 

3rd Edition, but my First EBB

December 20, 2018 By: Jeremy, Alternative Engineering Inc (Greenville, United States)

Comments
After using my supervisor’s 1st edition for a couple years, I finally bought my own. Now on it’s 3rd edition, I can’t say enough about it. Very handy for a quick reference on tables, formulas, and info you don’t use everyday. I’d recommend one.

Pros
Nice small size. Spiral bound so it lays flat. Lined pages so grease won’t soak through.

Cons
Wish it still came with mini drill reference plate.
 

Convenient Reference

December 17, 2018 By: F Waters (Albany, United States)

Comments
The crisp print of the diagrams and easy to read table formatting has drawn me toward picking this up first - before going to the other reference books / materials I have collected ( and I do have many).

 

Super Book

December 15, 2018 By: Jerry Hagood, Jerry's Machine (Kingsport, United States)

Comments
Very useful and handy , because of its size !

Pros
Index is laid out very well . You go straight to what you are looking for

Cons
The only thing I have found so far that would useful to add to the Black Book , would
be a Torque Chart . Preferably this chart would correspond to the Common Workshop
Bolts chart , page ( 92) .

Thanks for a great Book !
 

Must have in every man's tool box

December 14, 2018 By: Warren Pryde (Pinbarren, Australia)

Comments
Great tool, a must have in every tool box

Pros
Easy to read and find information

Cons
Haven't found on yet
 

Awesome little book

December 4, 2018 By: Shane greenan , MAN energy solutions (Colchester, United Kingdom)

Comments
Really good book that I will be using a lot in day to day jobs

Pros
Full of easy to read information
Good index to get right to the page needed as well

Cons
Maybe a section on technical drawing I.e drawing symbols weld symbols etc no real cons
As far as I can see